Family education for adults in correctional settings: A conceptual framework

This article examines family education programs for strengthening family ti es between prison inmates and their families. To advance the development of a conceptual basis for family education in prisons, we suggest a classific ation based on three criteria: the program purpose, the program content and the level of interaction between professional[ and participant. We give an example of a family education program at an optimal level of involvement a nd provide evaluation data about the program. These data provide more infor mation about the internal workings of the family system to provide guidelin es for more appropriate, useful content and interaction in family programmi ng.